State eyes Western Kenya for avocado exports boost

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Farmers sort through some avocados loaded onto a pickup. FILE  PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG

Kenya is eyeing western and Nyanza regions to scale up production of avocado to grab a bigger piece of the growing export market pie.

The initiative by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) is banking on the favourable weather and availability of large tracts of land in the two regions.

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